Indian police are hunting a gang of men responsible for raping and killing two teenage girls and then hanging them from a tree.<\/p>\n
The attack reportedly took place on Tuesday night, in the village of Karta in the Uttar Pradesh region, UK newspaper\u00a0The Mirror\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n
The girls, who are from the low-caste Dalit community, vanished after stepping out from their homes to go to the bathroom, Indian news outlet NDTV reported.<\/p>\n
In the morning, their bodies were found hanging from trees in an orchard, with post mortem examinations confirming they had been raped before their murder.<\/p>\n
Unfruitful Investigation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The families of the girls \u2013 who searched through the night in an attempt to find them \u2013 say that police initially refused to investigate their disappearance, and allege that five men in the village are responsible.<\/p>\n However, only one arrest has so far been made.<\/p>\n In response, villagers blocked a road to protest what they deemed as \u201calleged police apathy,\u201d also filing allegations that two local policemen had protected some of the men responsible.<\/p>\n The officers have since been suspended.<\/p>\n \n